Archive for April, 2010

Published by admin on 19 Apr 2010

04/19/10 – TOURS!!!!

UP TO DATE TOUR SCHEDULES!

TOURS (in alphabetical order)
all dates are mm/dd/yy

BALACLAVA
05/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ the Brothel w/ bubonic bear, cobra lung
05/22 – Wilmington/Newark, DE @ TBA w/ count von count
05/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ the Charleston w/ elks
05/24 – Baltimore, MD @ Monarch’s Bar w/ mind as prison
07/09 – Raleigh, NC @ TBA w/ hog
07/10 – Wilmington, NC @ Arkham House w/ no tomorrow
07/11 – SOUTH CAROLINA – HELP NEEDED!
07/12 – Savannah, GA – HELP NEEDED!
07/13 – Jacksonville / Orlando, FL
07/14 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Farside Collective
07/15 – Atlanta, GA
07/16 – Knoxville, TN – HELP NEEDED!
07/17 – Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton Collective
07/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ TBA w/ dead men
07/19 – Peoria, IL – HELP NEEDED!
07/20 – Milwaukee, WI @ TBA w/ protestant
07/21 – Chicago, IL @ TBA w/ bosque
07/22 – Fort Wayne, IN @ 1624 N. Harrison St. w/ TBA
07/23 – Columbus, OH @ TBA w/ locusta
07/24 – Pittsburgh, PA
07/25 – Washington, DC

BATTLEMASTER
06/20 – New York, NY @ Governor’s Island-Punks Island w/ nunslaughter, midnight, infernal stronghold, hessian, jenkem, lethal aggression, + a ton more
06/24 – Richmond, VA @ the Triple w/ occultist, hot graves, fatal

CANNABIS CORPSE
05/26 – Baltimore, MD @ the Sidebar for Dave Tedder’s Birthday Bash w/ high priest, hessian, oh shit they’re going to kill us, vulcan, omicron, bsom, extermination angel
09/09 – Raleigh, NC @ HOPSCOTCH RALEIGH w/ vincent black shadow, brutal knights, + a ton more

CITY OF SHIPS

COFFINS
05/17 – Shin-Okubo, Tokyo w/ total fucking destruction
05/28 – Baltimore, MD @ **MARYLAND DEATH FEST VIII**
07/03 – Shin-Okubo, Tokyo @ Tanabata Extreme vol.3
09/17 – Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA
09/18 – Melbourne, Victoria AUSTRALIA
09/19 – Sydney, New South Wales AUSTRALIA
10/16 – Shin-Okubo, Tokyo w/ laudanum

COUGH
05/06 – Richmond, VA @ the Triple w/ vincent black shadow, caves caverns
06/04 – Richmond, VA @ the Triple w/ elder, windhand, earthling
06/05 – Harrisonburg, VA @ the Blue Nile w/ elder, windhand, earthling
06/05 – Frederick, MD – TBA w/ elder
06/07 – Baltimore, MD @ the Sidebar w/ elder, against nature
06/08 – Philadelphia, PA – TBA w/ elder
06/09 – New York, NY – TBA w/ elder
06/10 – New Haven, CT – TBA w/ elder
06/11 – Providence, RI @ AS220 w/ elder, slang (JPN), world burns to death
06/12 – Boston, MA – TBA w/ elder
06/25 – Virginia Beach, VA @ the warehouse
05/26 – Raleigh, NC @ DIVEbar Raleigh w/ HOG (free show)

INFERNAL STRONGHOLD
05/26 – Philadelphia, PA – w/ p.l.f., gride, magrdudergrind, backslider
(email ecblast@gmail.com for venue information)
06/20 – New York, NY @ Governor’s Island-Punks Island w/ nunslaughter, midnight, infernal stronghold, hessian, jenkem, lethal aggression, + a ton more

INTER ARMA
all dates with bastard sapling
06/30 – Richmond, VA – Tour Kickoff Show!
07/01 – Raleigh, NC
07/02 – Atlanta/Savannah, GA
07/03 – Gainesville, FL @ The Junkyard w/ hot graves
07/04 – Tampa, FL @ Transitions Art Gallery
07/05 – Sarasota, FL
07/06 – DAY OFF @ Gulf of Mexico
07/07 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Farside Collective w/ lightning bolt
07/08 – New Orleans, LA
07/09 – Houston, TX
07/10 – San Antonio, TX
07/11 – Austin, TX @ the Broken Neck w/ lions of tsavo
07/12 – Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX
07/13 – Sante Fe / Albuquerque, NM
07/14 – DAY OFF @ Grand Canyon
07/15 – Phoenix / Tempe, AZ
07/16 – San Diego, CA
07/17 – Los Angeles, CA
07/18 – Oakland, CA
07/19 – San Francisco, CA
07/20 – Arcata / Chico, CA
07/21 – DAY OFF @ Redwoods
07/22 – Eugene/Salem, OR
07/23 – Portland, OR @ TBA w/ tenspeed warlock
07/24 – Bremerton, WA @ Winterland
07/25 – Seattle, WA @ the Funhouse
07/26 – DAY OFF @ Olympic National Park
07/27 – Boise, ID @ Visual Arts Collective w/ uzala
07/28 – Denver, CO
07/29 – Lincoln, NE @ TBA
07/30 – Minneapolis, MN
07/31 – Milwaukee, WI @ TBA w/ half gorilla
08/01 – Chicago, IL
08/02 – Fort Wayne, IN @ 1624 N. Harrison
08/03 – Columbus, OH @ TBA
08/04 – Cleveland, OH
08/05 – Pittsburgh, PA
08/06 – Harrisonburg, VA @ Crayola House w/ earthling

LORD BY FIRE
05/09 – Richmond, VA @ the Triple w/ stinking lizaveta, suzukiton

SFN
06/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Rathole
06/03 – Lincoln, NE @ the PI House
06/04 – Kansas City, MO
06/05 – Oklahoma City, OK
06/06 – Dallas, TX
06/07 – Austin, TX @ the Broken Neck
06/08 – Houston, TX @ Walter’s on Washington
06/09 – Metairie, LA @ the Bar
06/10 – Tallahassee, FL @ the Farside
06/11 – Tampa, FL
06/12 – Miami, FL
06/13 – Gainesville, FL
06/14 – Raleigh, NC
06/15 – Richmond, VA @ the Dude Manch
06/16 – Washington, DC @ the Corpse Fortress
06/17 – New Brunswick, NJ
06/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ the Farm
06/19 – Cambridge, MA @ Democracy Center
06/20 – Providence, RI
06/21 – Hartford, CT @ the Whitney House
06/22 – Rochester, NY
06/23 – Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City
06/24 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Generator Show?
06/25 – Lima, OH @ the Leathershop
06/26 – Chicago, IL @ El C.U.N.T.

SOURVEIN
04/18 – Tilburg, NETHERLANDS @ **ROADBURN FESTIVAL**
04/19 – Paris, FRANCE @ Glaz Art w/ eyehategod
04/20 – Milan, ITALY @ Magnolia Club w/ eyehategod
04/21 – Karlsruhe, GERMANY @ Substage w/ eyehategod
04/22 – Vienna, AUSTRIA @ Area w/ eyehategod
04/23 – Parma, ITALY @ Onirica Club
04/24 – Savignano Sul Rubicone[fc], ITALY @ Sidro Club
04/26 – Bologna, ITALY @ Blogos
04/28 – Barcelona, SPAIN @ Rocksound
04/29 – Madrid, SPAIN @ Excalibur
04/30 – Barroselas, PORTUGAL @ SWR metalfest xIII
05/01 – Brighton, UNITED KINGDOM @ Engine Room w/ saviours
05/02 – Kingston, UNITED KINGDOM @ Fighting Cocks w/ saviours
05/03 – New Castle, UNITED KINGDOM @ Trillans w/ saviours
05/04 – Sheffield, UNITED KINGDOM @ Corporation w/ saviours
05/05 – London, UNITED KINGDOM @ South of the Border w/ saviours
05/06 – Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM @ Rock City w/ saviours

TENEMENT
04/24 – Appleton, WI – Benefit for Camp Awesum Autistism Camp
05/26 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagle’s Nest w/ stoned at heart, chinese telephones
06/17 – Chicago, IL – w/ chinese telephones
06/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ Halloween House w/ chinese telephones
06/19 – Columbus, OH w/ chinese telephones
06/20 – Washington, DC w/ chinese telephones
06/21 – Brooklyn, New York w/ chinese telephones
06/22 – Boston, Massachusetts w/ chinese telephones
06/23 – New York City, New York w/ chinese telephones
06/24 – New Brunswick, New Jersey w/ chinese telephones
06/25 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania w/ chinese telephones
06/26 – Baltimore, Maryland @ Insubordination Fest
06/27 – Cincinnatti, Ohio w/ chinese telephones
06/28 – St. Louis, Missouri w/ chinese telephones
06/29 – Appleton, WI @ the BFG w/ black wine, chinese telephones

TRIAC
04/23 – Silver Spring, MD @ Corpse Fortress w/ backslider, nimbus terrifix, revolta
06/11 – Baltimore, MD @ @ the Hexagon w/ pollution, white lung

VINCENT BLACK SHADOW
05/06 – Richmond, VA @ the Triple w/ cough, caves caverns
05/07 – Baltimore, MD @ Golden West w/ kill your brain
05/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie w/ jail
09/09 – Raleigh, NC @ HOPSCOTCH RALEIGH w/ cannabis corpse, brutal knights, and a ton more
09/10 – Raleigh, NC @ HOPSCOTCH RALEIGH
09/11 – Raleigh, NC @ HOPSCOTCH RALEIGH

THE WAYWARD
04/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ the charleston w/ vaz, pfisters, twin stumps
04/24 – Amherst, MA @ hampshire college w/ vialka, satanized, pfisters, fat worm of error
04/25 – Boston, MA @ summerville basement w/ pfisters, to the wolves
04/26 – Ithaca, NY @ the abattoir w/ pfisters, glad rags
04/29 Philadelphia, PA @ north philly house w/ leather, pfisters
04/30 Richmond, VA @ house w/ bermuda trgls, pfisters, street pizza
05/01 Baltimore, MD @ ruintown w/ pfistrs

THE WOUNDED KINGS
04/15 – Tilburg, Netherlands @ **ROADBURN FESTIVAL**
07/23 – Berlin, GERMANY @ HELLS PLEASURE FESTIVAL
07/29 – Alicant, SPAIN @ Guadalest 2010

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Published by admin on 13 Apr 2010

04/13/10 – NEW WAYWARD & BALACLAVA REVIEWS

Brand new review of THE WAYWARD record from our friends at HellrideMusic is posted below –

“It’s been too long since I’ve heard anything new from The Wayward (hailing from Baltimore, Maryland and Fairfax, Virginia respectively). The destructively progressive, noise-rock trio still has the distinguished honor of being one of the tightest, most technically impressive live acts I’ve ever seen!

Formed out of the ashes of the godly Carrion with the only difference being Jesse Skrobiz replacing Dustin Swanson on bass (Nate Simms is still bashing the kit and Nick Skrobiz is still dazzling with his proficient noise-rock shred and lacerated vocal chords), The Wayward still tours relentlessly, but haven’t released any new material since 2007’s shamefully underrated opus, Overexposure.

Unveiled at the tail end of 2009, the trio’s latest 7” recording features two newer cuts and a cover of The Birthday Party’s “The Friend Catcher.” Basically, the original compositions are sheer class, and the band couldn’t have chosen a better cover, as there’s more than a few similarities between the two outfit’s jagged, rhythmic workouts and scraping guitar textures. Their cover is a spot on rendition of the original with Nick Skrobiz mutating his scathing howl into the drugged out drawl of TBP’s very own Nick Cave. The major different is that The Wayward’s version is so damn heavy, it’s as much of an exercise in stomping, noise-damaged doom as it is a nod to the legendary, originators! Fucking awesome stuff, and they even renamed it as “The Chum Snatcher,” which is telltale of its pulsating, bone-rattling surge.

They didn’t skimp on the original material either. Side A will give you more than a run for your money with “Alzheimer’s” and “Ripcord.” This pair of dizzying, almost virtuoso-esque noise-prog jams is as tricky, agitated and winding as anything the band has ever done. “Alzheimer’s” throws early Today is the Day, Big Black, King Crimson and Black Flag into a room and let’s ‘em duke it out for the top dog award. Sporting an intro with deliberately slow pacing, a murky bass presence and spoken vocals, it isn’t long before this towering inferno burns up high into a sky of manic drumming (swift, punctuated fills unload by the bucketful and Simms proves he’s capable of literally rolling across his kit for days on end), unbelievable guitar wizardry that toys with the type of jazzy progressions and noisy punk abandon that was the mark of Am-Rep TITD with bass licks to match, all the while Nick’s patented, semi-melodic shout rings out like a gunshot above the complexity laden din produced by the instruments.

If Am-Rep was still around, I guarantee they would have put out every Carrion and The Wayward release to come down the pike. “Alzheimer’s” is without a doubt one of the tensest, most varied weapons the band has added to their arsenal thus far. “Ripcord” is much shorter on the other hand and melds the broken back punk ethos of Black Flag with the number crunching arrangements of King Crimson circa their debut In the Court of the Crimson King.

I’m floored by this 7” and everything the members have done past and present. The only complaint I can levy against the band is that there is never enough of The Wayward to go around. Three new tracks is both a sensuous fuck and a blue balling tease, but I’ll take any loving I can get from the band at this point. It’s been too long since we’ve heard from you Wayward…please don’t make it a habit! Highly recommended, now bring on a new LP and another Pittsburgh stop and we’ll be in business.” – Jay Snyder // HellrideMusic.com

FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORED!!!!!!!!!

Not so new but RECENT review of BALACLAVA’s “Shame” EP up over at DeafSparrow.com, THEY GAVE IT A 3.5 out of 5!!

“Balaclava call Richmond home but live somewhere between punk and metal. And yeah, hardcore too. Shame is their seven inch released by Forcefield Records and it packs four songs of massive riffs, post hardcore structures (here and there but not all over) and plenty of metallic brutality. Balaclava sound to me like the punk band that never intended to come out even as slightly metal, but whose sounds came out so fluidly and flowed so organically they just couldn’t help it. “Fences” is as nice as this quartet is willing to play, and to be frank, it ain’t that nice. The track starts clear, only to distort to a cruel mid tempo. The other three songs are way harsher, with faster tempos and the constancy of a D beat band with too much in their mind.” – DeafSparrow.com

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Published by admin on 09 Apr 2010

04/09/10

Everyone should check out the STELLAR pictures from BATTLEMASTER, BASTARD SAPLING, and INTER ARMA’s Brooklyn show this past weekend!

Thanks to Fred and Samantha over at Brooklyn Vegan for providing such a great metal column on the regular and for documenting such a fun night! (Fred – words // Samantha – photos)

Additionally thanks to all the heshers who came out and partied hard in Philly, Boston, and New York last week!

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